Jianhai Du, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine, is researching a protein that plays a crucial role in this chemical commandeering. His findings may provide insight into incurable, little-understood retinal diseases.
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The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has released requests for applications for the Collaborative RFA, Small Grant RFA, and Launch Pilot Grant funding opportunities. The Collaborative RFA allows applicants to request up to $50,000 in funding which must be utilized over a 12-month period.
Following an outstanding showing at the 2019 Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championship, senior Ginny Thrasher of the Mountaineer rifle team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
Due to a forecast of warmer temperatures in Morgantown, the WVU baseball team's game against Towson has been moved back a day to 2 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 27) at Monongalia County Ballpark.
Kristen Renn, professor of higher, adult and lifelong education and associate dean of undergraduate students for student success research at Michigan State University, will conduct a workshop and present a lecture here Thursday (Feb.28).
Valerie Wright, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Anthropology and Sociology at Cleveland State University, will discuss legal and extralegal factors that contribute to newspaper coverage of juvenile homicides, the extent to which victims’ race contribute to divergent amounts of coverage and depictions of victims and how blame is contextualized in print news. The event will take place Wednesday (Feb. 27) at 10 a.m. in the Mountainlair Student Union's Rhododendron Room.